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  • New Game: Monkey Island AdventureYes, you read that right.. I had to go into the dreaded attic to find some baby clothes that the wife promised a friend when I come across a box of …

    ... I come across a box of tapes. Most are music but ... GAC..

    The Secret of Monkey Island ZX.. dated 1999 ... is the first few locations of the game. I'm not sure ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 March 2011 Games
  • The Hobbit:A guide and how i play it.Yes i know there are walkthroughs and guides on the net but what i want to do here is give chance for those people to complete the hobbit who have no…

    ... there can be slight differences each play and really give the ... as some random selected location each play only appears after he ... he may constantly recapture you each time you appear before you ... from replaying and exploring more of the game or even trying to ...
    jammajup jammajup March 2011 Games
  • Oh no, another name that game thread!Another game that just jumped into my head but can't remember what it was. Help! All I can remember is at the start you need to avoid a boulder that…

    Another game that just jumped into ...
    I vaguely remember the game is different after this. Maybe ... Dizzy.

    Some of this could be wrong but ... this bit and onto the game proper.

    ... involves with the memory of this game. Maybe there's a ...
    Maroc's Astral Projection Maroc's Astral Projection April 2011 Games
  • Gunrunner game failureHello! In this game, when I'm at level 6, a fault occurs. It is the frozen image.:???: Here is the file: [url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WHQHDTD…

    Hello!

    In this game, when I'm at level ... /> I happens in all copies of this game


    Thanks ...
    arkos arkos April 2011 Games
  • Hutch the RabbitI'm currently working on the graphics for a game that will hopefully be available for the iPhone/iPad or something. Still in it's very early stages, …

    ... on the graphics for a game that will hopefully be available ... like if I was doing each frame on paper. Really, I ... to have a Spectrum version of the game.

    Hutch Test ...
    redballoon redballoon May 2011 Announcements
  • I think someones stealing my mail at the post office.I get a almost all of my games and dvds online and have done for the past 7 years. I maybe got 1 or 2 games/dvds lost in the post per year which whil…

    I get a almost all of my games and dvds ... AVForums.

    5 of these games haven't turned ... no problem refunding me. Each game was from different towns/cities ... did arrive were 1 pack of 4 games and a ... registered post copy of Bioshock which makes me ...
    festershinetop festershinetop May 2011 Chit chat
  • how many of you are still loading tapes?I have a DiVide but recently for fun, I bought a huge box of Spectrum game tapes I was wondering how many of you are still using tapes to play games?

    I have a DiVide
    but recently for fun, I bought a huge box of Spectrum game tapes
    I was wondering how many of you are still using tapes to play games?
    lucifershalo lucifershalo May 2011 Games
  • Frank N SteinThis is an improved bugfix for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001849"]Frank N Stein[/URL] as discussed recently in [URL="htt…

    ... "known errors" description for this game with the following new information ... />
    [LIST]
    [*]The game randomly crashes after a few ... stack pointer at the end of each level, using the following patch ... change[/URL] was crashing the game, so I removed it ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2011 Infoseek database
  • Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…

    ... the bugs in that game can be fixed once ... the Frank'n'Stein game as certain settings have ... B] contains the name of each variable. By default ...
    The format of each numeric variable pointer is as ... [/LIST]
    The format of each string variable pointer is as ...
    Jimmy Jimmy May 2011 Development
  • Please can someone help me find out what this game was?First post so hello all. Been looking for a website like this for a while to revisit some of my classic Spectrum days. More to the point, I'm looking…

    ... series of games though my brother still argues this game was ... are:

    - Part of the game involved smashing things that looked ... were some form of teleporters in the game which when you ... an extremely vague description of the game but if this sounds ...
    Tron Tron June 2011 Games
  • Game Over with poster?Did one of the Game Over games have a release version where it came in a cardbaord box, with a poster included? I seem to recall one, but not sure wh…

    Did one of the Game Over games have a release ... , but not sure which one of the games it was. I ... with it.

    Great game, but bloody difficult.
    Retro_eido Retro_eido June 2011 Games
  • Help identifiying a very old gameHello, first post here although I've lurked for a while :) Great site! This is a long shot, but I wonder if anyone can help me find a game I played…

    ... can help me find a game I played way back in ... . It was a Scramble type game, I think it was written ... levels within the game and not the name of the game itself.
    of those magazine games you typed ...
    jaydee jaydee June 2011 Games
  • Video gaming coincidencesThere are some strange video gaming coincidences, when you think about it. For example: 1. [B]Half-Life 2/Breakdown[/B] In 2004 Half-Life 2 came o…

    ... you start the game knowing nothing of the world around you ... beginning of the game,

    + Breakdown has one of the ... Spector (the lead designer of the game), though they compensated for ... , released within a couple of months of each other in 2004, so ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2011 Chit chat
  • Help Wanted: Playtest BUGFIXED games!There's an ongoing effort at WoS to fix classic Spectrum games with serious bugs that make them impossible to complete, crash frequently, etc. More d…

    ... br />
    As a result of this effort, today's [URL ... .cgi?id=0005663"][B]Werewolves of London[/B][/URL]
    [ ... already available for download at each game's page. Clicking on "known ... " will provide a detailed description of their bugs.

    Please ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas June 2011 Games
  • Retro Gamer issue 91 - 'Lost' Spectrum games featureJust a quick heads up that the latest issue of Retro Gamer goes on sale in the UK today and it includes an eight page article on the most famous unre…

    ... up that the latest issue of Retro Gamer goes on sale ... /> The Eye Of The Moon

    For each game there is new ...
    MartynC MartynC June 2011 Games
  • Game Dev CYOA?I seem to recall playing a 'choose your own adventure' style article in an old computer magazine, probably SU. It cast you in the role of a game deve…

    ... cast you in the role of a game developer and was tongue ...
    Pickman Pickman June 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Frankenstein JnrThe game Frankenstein Jnr is classified in WoS as a synonymous for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000700"]Bride of Frankenst…

    ... . In fact the whole layout of the game is identical, with just ... different games instead of synonymous (although with remarks mentioning each other). Additionally ... , Frankenstein Jnr has distribution denied and Bride of ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas June 2011 Infoseek database
  • Does anyone recognise this game? Cotton wool balls!My brothers had a spectrum (and then a BBC Micro) - I didn't get to play with them very often (!!!) and they were supposed to be 'educational' - so n…

    ... /> I have vague recollections of a game that involved pushing (pink I ... thing - probably some kind of adventure quest game...

    It could ... I'm pretty sure this game predates that one...which would ...
    lucky67 lucky67 July 2011 Games
  • can anyone assist with ID'ing a game?Hi All I would be very grateful if someone on the board could help me find out the name of a game I used to play back in the 80s. My memory is sketc…

    ... me find out the name of a game I used to play ... text-based adventure game where you sailed turn of the century style ... on end, and the tune of 'A Life On The Ocean ... search google using the elements of the game I remember but with ...
    silus silus July 2011 Games
  • Double file of Pyjamarama Jackson Soft Italian editionI noticed in yesterday's update that a file named "Pyjamarama(JacksonSoft).tzx" has been added to the archive. It is a double: the Italian official t…

    ... double: the Italian official translation of the game, marketed by Jackson Soft ... , a label of the now defunct ... still in my possession, instead of an "unidentified copy" as this ... as it is a double of an already existing file, and ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2011 Infoseek database
  • Another commercial game's source code is released - Arx Fatalis[B]Arx Fatalis[/B] has had it's source code released! It's a RPG, so it's not really my sort of game, and it's available on the XBox 1 and PC anyway,…

    ... s not really my sort of game, and it's available ... desire to release old game code to the public, ... add features to the game that the original versions ... of the Triad, and Alien vs. Predator (the first PC game ... made open source. All of the game I've mentioned ( ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2011 Chit chat
  • Psychopathic collectionHas anyone else ever made Spectrum Notebooks back in the day? Notebooks of maps, of hints&tips, of cheats e.t.c? I made several books, I wrote revie…

    ... /> Notebooks of maps, of hints&tips, of cheats e. ... closed down because of lack of interest some months ... until the last game I played of the day would ... and write comments on each game that was played that ...
    Would some of this material have some value ...
    Hedegaard Hedegaard July 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New game: WUNDERCHAR$Hi All, Finally finished my latest game: Wunderchar$. [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/loadingscr.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://…

    ... />
    Finally finished my latest game: Wunderchar$.

    [IMG ... .

    Think of this game as a tribute to the ... comments at the end of the game are worth the journey ... possible in the instructions (part of the game) but basically you collect ...
    R-Tape R-Tape July 2011 Brand new software
  • Specventure author working on new game?Some of you may remember SpecVenture - the ace little budget game by Mastertronic that saw you as a little robot droid roaming around the circuits of…

    Some of you may remember SpecVenture - the ace little budget game by ... droid roaming around the circuits of the ZX Spectrum collecting the ... posted up an RZX of the game on my youtube channel, as ... had many happy memories of ...
    Hercules Hercules August 2011 Games
  • Ultimate's Pentagram / CRL's 3D Game MakerCan anyone explain why the Crash review of '3D Game Maker' (issue 43, page 68 ) is illustrated with screenshots from the program that included the EX…

    ... explain why the Crash review of '3D Game Maker' (issue 43, page ... and put them in '3D Game Maker' or, less likely, was ... 'Pentagram' written using '3D Game Maker'?

    The only ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones August 2011 Games
  • Worst game heroes - The ones that anyone could beat up!When I used to play the great Don Priestley game Popeye on the spectrum I used to think that Popeye was a bit of a wuss. He spent most of the game b…

    ... play the great Don Priestley game Popeye on the spectrum I ... />
    He spent most of the game being beaten up by Bluto ... everything that moves in the game, and quite a few things ... can think of.

    Were there many other spectrum game 'heroes ...
    thingley thingley August 2011 Games
  • Spectrum jonathan cauldwell new game cronosoft competition thingFor launch at the EUROGAMER EXPO at Earl's Court, Jonathan Cauldwell has written a brand new Speccy game. Launching on 22nd September, is the game C…

    ... />
    the first copy of the game to be made on cassette ... ,
    a packet of Rolos*,
    of the game to play on emulator ... , on the day of release.

    chaosmongers chaosmongers August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Full game accidentally included on a covertapeI seem to remember that back in the day, one of the multiformat mags mistakingly included the full version of a game on a covertape instead of the de…

    ... mistakingly included the full version of a game on a covertape instead ... of the demo.

    But ... t remember which mag and game it was. Speccy Wonderboy on ... might have been an Amstrad game.

    Anyone remember ...
    MartynC MartynC September 2011 Games
  • New game: BozxleHere is a new game called BOZXLE which has been written within a week. The screenshots are of the game running on a 48K. This runs also on the 128 …

    Here is a new game called BOZXLE which has been ... week. The screenshots are of the game running on a 48K. This ...
    polomint polomint September 2011 Announcements
  • Did you have a favourite/hated game genre?Tried a quick forum search but couldn't see anything specific on this. Thinking of the YS top 100 thread, it struck me that growing up with the spec…

    ... wasn't a particular game genre I didn't ... got quite heavily into some of these
    [B]Strategy ... the Gollop classics, Lords of Midnight/Doomdarks, Shadowfire etc ... Even liked the speccy conversion of Out Run! :-P
    of a game type/genre containing ...
    Morkin Morkin September 2011 Games
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